Applicator for paste-type floor wax



Feb. 11, 1958 r F. w. PAPE 2,822,560

APPLICATOR FOR PASTE-TYPE LooR'wAxiled Apr l 24, 1956 INVENTOR 8f'redrzck ZUQPapc 14 TT7S United States Patent APPLICATOR FOR PASTE-TYPEFLOOR WAX Frederick W. Pape, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application April 24, 1956, Serial No. 580,229

1 Claim. (Cl. -131) The present invention is directed to, and it is amajor object to provide, a novel push handle manipulated device forapplying paste wax to floors preparatory to buffing or polishing thesame; the instant application being a continuation-in-part of myapplication Serial No. 374,937, filed August 18, 1953, since abandoned.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a paste waxapplicator wherein the device includes an open bottomed housing adaptedto contain a quantity of paste wax; the latter being fed in controledquantity from the housing through the bottom thereof by a movablepressure plate actuated by manual rotation of the push handle of thedevice. 7

An additional object of the invention is to provide a paste waxapplicator, as in the preceding paragraph, wherein the housing in frontto rear cross sectional elevation is of a. configuration to permit thepressure plate to. swing downwardly, about a predetermined axis, inmatching engagement in said housing from an initially raised position toa lowered position adjacent the bottom; such axis being related to thepush handle, which is threaded in connection with and projects throughthe housing into abutting engagement with the pressure plate, so thatinward longitudinal adjustment of said handle effects such swinging ofthe pressure plate. The result is that by simple manual rotation of thepush handle, paste wax is discharged through the open bottom of thehousing onto the floor.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bottom plate for thehousing arranged to allow of free feeding of the wax onto the floor, andsaid plate being fitted with felt strips or pads which spread and smoothout such wax. The bottom plate may be easily attached to or removed fromthe housing to permit of ready filling or cleaning out of the housing,and for replacement of the plate when necessary due to wear or unduesaturation of the pads.

Other objects of the instant invention are to provide a paste waxapplicator which is easy to use; efiective to apply an even coat of waxon a floor; operative to apply wax close to baseboards or in corners;requires no special device for filling with or emptying wax, as this canbe accomplished with a common spoon, knife, or spatula; reducessubstantially the time required to apply wax to floors; and is usablefrom a standing or walking position,

which greatly lessens the effort required to apply the wax to the floor.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a paste wax applicatorwhich is simple yet durable in structure; such device being designed forease and economy of manufacture.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a practical andreliable paste wax applicator, and one which will be exceedinglyeffective for the purpose for which it is designed.

These objects are accomplished by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims:

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In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device with the housing partly broken awayand with the bottom plate partly pulled out.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section of the device as in use, taken online 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottom plate and felt pad unitdetached.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged cross section of the bottom plate,taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and to the charactersof reference marked thereon, the novel paste-wax applicator comprises atransversely elongated housing, indicated generally at 1, whichhousingin front to rear cross sectional elevationis in the form of asector, with the axis or apex rearmost.

The housing 1 includes a front Wall 2 which is outwardly rounded fromtop to bottom, and a flat back wall 3 extends at a downward and rearwardincline from the upper edge of the front wall 2; the arc of said frontwall being taken on an axis or center which lies substantially at thelower edge of the back wall 3, for the pur-' pose which will hereinafterappear.

The housing includes sector-shaped end walls 4, and is initially andfreely open from end to end on the bottom. When the device is in use,however, such housing 1 is fitted with a bottom plate 5 having upturnedangle lips 6 along the sides which are arranged to removably engage infrictional holding relation with longitudinal flanges 7 projectinglaterally out from the sides'of the housing at the bottom thereof. Theplate is formed with wide longitudinal slots 8 leaving a plurality offiat, longitudinal bars 9 along the plate; relatively thick felt stripsor pads 19, as wide as the bars 9, extending along and under the same.The felt strips are secured to the bars by rivets 11 which are deeplycountersunk into said strips on their under side, as shown in Fig. 4, sothat there is no danger of the rivets contacting and scratching thefloor, even when the strips become compressed somewhat.

Within the housing 1 there is disposed an elongated rectangular pressureplate 12, which pressure plate seats at its rear edge in the forwardlyopening crotch or rear lowermost corner 13 defined by the adjacent edgeportions of the back wall 3 and the slotted bottom plate 5.

The pressure plate 12 engages symmetrically and in close slidingrelation in the housing, being swingable from an initially raisedposition downwardly in the housing to a lowered position substantiallyflush with the bottom plate 5.

As the pressure plate 12 has its axis of swinging motion onsubstantially the same axis on which the arc of the front wall 2 isgenerated, such plateas it swings downwardlyhas continuous wipingengagement with the inner face of said front wall 2, such point ofcontact being indicated at 14. Additionally, the ends of the pressureplate 12 have wiping engagement with the inner faces of the housing ends4; the point of contact at one end being indicated at 15.

A push handle 16 extends at a forward and downward incline toward thehousing 1, and at its lower end portion such handle is threaded, as at17, through a central boss 18 on the back wall 3; said lower end portionof the handle projecting into the housing and being rounded, as at 19,to abut the pressure plate.

In use of the above described paste wax applicator, slotted bottom plate5 is first detached by sliding it away from the housing 1.

Such housing 1 is then inverted and the push handle 16 unscrewed in theboss 18 to an extent such that the pressure plate 12 rests substantiallyagainst the back wall 3. Thereafter, with a spoon, knife, or spatula aquantity of stiff paste-type Wax 20 is placed in the housing 1,whereupon the bottom plate 5 is replaced.

The device is then returned to its normal position,-as in Fig. 2, and isused with the strips in flat floor engagement. 7

By the simple expedient of manually rotating the push handle 16 in adirection to advance its lower threaded end portion, the rounded end 19abuts and pushes downwardly on the pressure plate 12, swinging thelatter about its axis in the lower rear corner 13 of the housing 1,

With such downward swinging of the pressure plate 12, a quantity of thepaste Wax is expelled through the slots 8 in the bottom plate 5 and ontothe floor, as shown in Fig. 2, whence the wax is distributed over thefloor by strips 10 as the device is moved to and fro. Thus, by thesimple expedient of rotating the push handle 16 from time to time acontrolled quantity of paste wax is expelled from the device fordistribution on the floor. As the housing 1 is of elongated right-angleconfiguration the device can be manipulated by the push handle to workclose to a baseboard or into a corner.

After the device has been used the plate 5 is easily detached forwashing or replacement, and additionally the device can be emptied ofremaining wax by merely reversing the steps recited in connection withthe filling operation. Also, when the device is emptied, the parts canbe readily separated for cleaning, as by washing.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that there hasbeen produced such a device as substantially fulfils the'objects of theinvention, as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as defined by the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, the following is claimed as new anduseful, and upon which Letters Patent are desired:

A paste-wax applicator comprising a closed-end housing having, inintegral relation, a back wall, parallel end walls, a front wall, andflanges projecting laterally out from the lower edges of the front andback walls, all said Walls at their lower edges defining a rectangulararea, the back wall sloping upwardly from its lower end in overhangingrelation to said area and the front wall curving down from a junctionwith the upper end of the back wall about an axis centered atthe lowerend of the back wall, a relatively thin pressure plate symmetrical toand of a size substantially equal to that of said area mounted in thehousing, a push handle longitudinally adjustably mounted in the backplate to engage the pressure plate, and a bottom plate having waxdispensing openings, removably supported by the flanges and engaging theunder surface of the same; the junction of the rear wall and bottomplate forming an angular locating corner within the housing for theadjacent end of the pressure plate to allow the plate to swivel aboutsaid end as an axis.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,927,788 Larkin Sept. 19, 1933 2,712,665 Lambert July 12, 1955 FOREIGNPATENTS 207,849 Great Britain Nov. 30, 1923 347,918 Great Britain May 7,1931 557,308 France May 1, 1923 796,495 France Jan. 22, 1936

